MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 32.60,-93.85 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1013 62 28.3 24.4 79 3.9 25.4 292 4 300.4 303.9 298.2 357.3 19.36 1 1000 173 27.8 22.3 72 5.5 23.8 290 6 300.9 304.1 297.0 351.6 17.23 2 950 626 23.6 20.8 84 2.8 21.6 292 5 301.1 304.2 296.5 349.6 16.48 3 900 1097 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 327 4 302.9 305.5 295.1 343.4 13.66 4 850 1590 18.2 14.3 78 3.9 15.6 355 8 305.2 307.5 294.7 341.5 12.14 5 800 2108 15.5 11.7 78 3.8 13.0 8 9 307.7 309.7 294.4 340.5 10.87 6 750 2654 12.4 8.9 79 3.5 10.2 6 9 310.0 311.9 294.1 339.4 9.59 7 700 3230 9.0 6.2 83 2.8 7.3 37 9 312.4 314.0 294.0 338.8 8.52 8 650 3841 5.7 3.0 83 2.7 4.1 59 9 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.3 7.31 9 600 4491 1.4 -0.7 86 2.1 0.3 62 11 317.8 319.0 293.6 337.2 6.08 10 550 5188 -2.2 -3.3 92 1.1 -2.8 64 10 321.5 322.6 294.1 339.2 5.46 11 500 5942 -5.2 -6.2 93 1.0 -5.7 78 10 326.7 327.7 295.0 342.8 4.83 12 450 6763 -9.6 -11.0 90 1.4 -10.2 76 10 331.1 331.9 295.2 343.7 3.67 13 400 7664 -14.9 -16.7 87 1.7 -15.6 39 8 335.6 336.1 295.4 344.7 2.60 14 350 8660 -22.1 -24.6 80 2.5 -22.7 14 2 339.0 339.3 295.4 344.5 1.50 15 300 9775 -30.3 -33.1 76 2.8 -30.8 258 4 342.6 342.8 295.7 345.6 0.78 16 250 11046 -40.2 -43.4 71 3.2 -40.5 247 11 346.4 346.4 296.1 347.7 0.33 17 200 12521 -54.0 -58.2 60 4.1 -54.2 259 14 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.07 18 150 14316 -65.4 -74.2 28 8.8 -65.5 46 6 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16742 -71.0 -85.5 10 14.4 -71.1 275 5 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.97 m Freezing level: 580.18 mb = 4767.34 m = 15640.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.96 mb = 4558.83 m = 14956.62 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.59 C = 90.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.62 mb = 555.43 m = 1822.25 ft T: 24.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 20.14 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1355.59 m = 4447.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.77 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.61 C Showalter Index: 0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 19.46 C K Index: 34.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 736.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.29 mb = 998.01 m = 3274.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.29 mb = 2158.20 m = 7080.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.29 mb = 12998.02 m = 42643.90 ft B at Equ Level: 732.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.29 mb = 15890.53 m = 52133.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 35.9 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 65.9 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 23.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 45.99 Bulk Shear: 16.02 m/s